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Data Centers / TOD

Data Centers / Technology Overlay District

Current status: At its July 2026 business meeting, the New Kent County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to discontinue work on the proposed Technology Overlay District (TOD). The Board directed staff to continue developing a data-center ordinance for later review.

This page brings together local reporting, meeting records, video, source documents, and citizen materials concerning data-center policy in New Kent County.

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Official Documents

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Meeting Records

Video / Audio

July 13, 2026 Board of Supervisors Meeting

The discussion and vote to discontinue the TOD begins at approximately 54 minutes. Watch the meeting video.

News Coverage

Richmond Times-Dispatch · September 19, 2026

Data center opponents question New Kent supervisor land sale

Michael Martz reports that New Kent residents, represented by former state senator J. Chapman “Chap” Petersen, are questioning whether a Board of Supervisors member should have publicly disclosed a separate property sale involving the developer connected to a contentious July rezoning vote. The article describes the residents’ concerns and the broader debate over public trust and potential data-center development.

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Richmond Times-Dispatch · July 13, 2026

New Kent leaders poised to strike down proposed data center district

The report describes the Board’s unanimous opposition to the proposed Technology Overlay District ahead of its July business meeting and summarizes supervisors’ public comments about ending the proposal.

Read the original Times-Dispatch article · View the preserved full-page clipping

Questions Raised by the Record

What disclosure or recusal standards apply when an elected official has a property transaction involving a developer with business before the Board? What standards, public-review requirements, infrastructure protections, and disclosure rules will appear in the replacement data-center ordinance?

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